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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>There are only two webinars remaining in our <i>Social Media for Librarians Series</i>. Please scroll down to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>To continue to benefit from webinars and many other exciting opportunities LIASA offers, please <a href="http://members.liasa.org.za/">renew your membership</a> for 2016, and become part of a vibrant LIS community!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The webinar workshops will be presented via LIASA Webinar, using BigBlueButton. <b>Minimum requirements:</b> Stable Internet access, speakers. More details will be communicated to registered participants closer to the time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The workshop details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=390 style='width:292.6pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=84 valign=top style='width:62.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#BDD6EE;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=50 valign=top style='width:37.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#BDD6EE;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.55pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#BDD6EE;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Topic/Tool<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#BDD6EE;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Presenters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#BDD6EE;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Register<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=84 valign=top style='width:62.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>25 Nov. 2015<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Closing date for registration: 23 Nov.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=50 valign=top style='width:37.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>10:00 – 11:00<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Blogs for Librarians<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Karen du Toit<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/Rz37DP7W1U">Click here to register</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=84 valign=top style='width:62.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>27 Nov. 2015<br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Closing date for registration: 25 Nov.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=50 valign=top style='width:37.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>10:00 – 11:00<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=86 valign=top style='width:64.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Twitter for Librarians<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Ingrid Thomson<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/Rz37DP7W1U">Click here to register</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Brief biographies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Karen du Toit</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'> has been a librarian and archivist for more than 25 years. The last ten years she has been working at the <a href="http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/rbf/librariesdetail?id=ce4eca804c14b0e48f6f8f8f9f800553">SABC Radio Archives</a> as an Afrikaans archivist. She has been blogging from 2008 in a personal capacity. From 2009 she and another colleague were tasked to start a Web 2.0 presence for the <a href="http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/rbf/librariesdetail?id=ce4eca804c14b0e48f6f8f8f9f800553">SABC Media Libraries</a>. That included a website as well as a blog, with all the other social media platforms incorporated in the mix. She is passionate about blogging as a way to further one’s own professional development, but also to increase the awareness and reach of libraries and archives in the local community, as well as reaching a global audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Ingrid Thomson</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> has been actively involved in LIASA related activities and governance for many years. She is Chair-elect HELIG, and is currently enrolled as a student for the MPhl (Digital Curation) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). <a href="http://www.liasa.org.za/sites/default/files/documents/LoY_2010_Ingrid_Thomson.pdf">Read more</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>SciELO Planning Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>LIASA Exco Portfolio ICT Development (2014-2016)<br>LIASA HELIG Chair (2014-2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel: +27 12 349 6641 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Fax: +27 (0) 86 576 9512<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Email: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za">ina@assaf.org.za</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=560 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D116FB.84B805B0" alt="Logo+slogan"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1st Floor Block A, The Woods, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Park <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Meiring Naudé Road, Lynnwood 0020, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>PO Box 72135, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Website: <a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:blue'>www.assaf.org.za</span></a><i> </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>